An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Survey in the Age of Imperialism by Edward J. Gillin

An Empire of Magnetism: Global Science and the British Magnetic Survey in the Age of Imperialism

Edward J. Gillin

336 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history science
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During the 1840s and 1850s, the British government financed a world-wide investigation into how the Earth's magnetic phenomena operated, consisting of a network of naval expeditions and colonial observatories. Questions surrounding terrestrial mag...

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